Pa.’s 2022 GOP U.S Senate primary could define future of Social Security, Medicare | Ray E. Landis
Posted on AllSides April 10th, 2022
From The Right
Democratic-leaning social media accounts in Pennsylvania were abuzz this week with news that Republican U.S. Senate candidates Dave McCormick and Mehmet Oz had weighed in on the future of Social Security and Medicare.
Although it was implied by some of the more dramatic accounts, neither Oz nor McCormick called for dismantling the programs and tossing older Americans out on the street.
But a closer look at their words, and the history of the Republican resistance to Social Security and Medicare, shows why advocates for the most successful social welfare programs...